chips

Chips are semiconductor components, such as CPUs and GPUs, that serve as the fundamental building blocks of electronic devices and are critical for computing and artificial intelligence applications.

Why it’s in the news: Chips are in the news due to escalating global demand for AI processors, supply chain dynamics involving China, and significant investment in new chip technologies.

Latest on chips

• Alibaba Cloud plans to use fewer Western chips, to boost its already huge AI margins
• Chinese AI chips fall short on coding, forcing firms to stretch scarce Nvidia supply
• Velaura raises $110mn to sell AI chips that cut the power bill, not the clock speed
• China fund managers stick with AI, chips in August despite July sell-off, survey finds
• Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments: FT
• China eases limits on Nvidia H200 chips as AI race escalates
• Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.
• China Mulls Tighter Export Controls on AI Models and Chips
• The Pax Silic strategy treats AI dominance as a supply-chain problem: control the chips, control the models, control the outcome
• South Korea exports in June soar past $100bn for first time on chip demand

Connections

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